When Fun Is Embedded in Corporate Culture ...

However, today that's followed by another policy he issued. That's an official limit on what he terms as "excessive drinking." As BusinessInsider reports, Google found that 20% of reported sexual harassment/abuse incidents involved alcohol.

Pichai has instructed leaders and managers to ban that excess both in settings within the corporation and at offsite events. "Excess" seems to mean more than two drinks.

The threat in this announcement is that if the new policy isn't effective in preventing inappropriate behavior, then the presence of all alcohol could be prohibited.

Like much of Silicon Valley, Google has nurtured a hard-partying culture. That's no surprise since the tech industry tends to be dominated by youth.

One wonders if the fun is sucked out of working at Google talent will exit. They can start their own enterprises and enjoy all the fun they want.

Full Disclosure: In my own youth, I brashly quit a job because it was no fun. And, yes, I informed management of that.

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